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Seeing Trumpโ€™s un-caring response is like a repeat of his infamous moment at Mar-a-Lago with his guest bleeding out: โ€œYou know, beautiful marble floor, didn't look like it. It changed color. Became very red.โ€

06.11.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end

06.11.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5303    ๐Ÿ” 1156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1376    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1343

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

28.10.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9937    ๐Ÿ” 2872    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 81

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

27.10.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34798    ๐Ÿ” 11499    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 865    ๐Ÿ“Œ 682

They arenโ€™t hiding the totalitarianism, folks.

27.10.2025 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2239    ๐Ÿ” 634    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 162    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine - Bolts Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots that would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.

Please ask #Maine friends to Vote NO on Ballot 1: absentee ballots: boltsmag.org/maine-questi...
and #Pennsylvania friends to vote YES to retain judges. It's critical the Dems keep the Supreme Court

27.10.2025 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 277    ๐Ÿ” 136    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The GOP in Congress are worse than useless. They are craven enablers of murder.

27.10.2025 01:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10164    ๐Ÿ” 3222    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 435    ๐Ÿ“Œ 122

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

26.10.2025 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28961    ๐Ÿ” 11117    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1054    ๐Ÿ“Œ 524
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Trump backer Timothy Mellon identified as donor of $130m for US troop pay during government shutdown Reclusive Republican donor is descendant of gilded aged industrialist and former treasury secretary Andrew Mellon
27.10.2025 02:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 474    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code ยง 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"

Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.

23.10.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25892    ๐Ÿ” 7685    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1236    ๐Ÿ“Œ 308

Important thread. FAFO could backfire because so many Americans already believe the end of the world is coming.

23.10.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 183    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

BREAKING: The top federal prosecutor in Maryland has reportedly notified Pam Bondi that she sees no basis for Indicting Adam Schiff on mortgage fraud.

Who wants to bet that the prosecutor will be fired within days, and a new prosecutor will seek to indict Schiff regardless?

23.10.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13621    ๐Ÿ” 3732    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 452    ๐Ÿ“Œ 113

Our national parks are increasingly stressed because of the government shutdown. With a large portion of National Park Service staff furloughed, there are fewer personnel available to enforce rules or care for the land. Across parks, reports are emerging of trash accumulating,

23.10.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3288    ๐Ÿ” 888    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 120    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.

23.10.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25507    ๐Ÿ” 10453    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2713    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1088

BREAKING:

Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.

In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.

23.10.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21749    ๐Ÿ” 5721    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 613    ๐Ÿ“Œ 316
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White words on a black background read:

50+ 
Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

~130
Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. 

~20
Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isnโ€™t.

This is what I found.

18.10.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17260    ๐Ÿ” 8065    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 302    ๐Ÿ“Œ 242
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Now THAT is an amazing woman!

01.10.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

โ€œIt actually doesnโ€™t take much to be considered a difficult woman. Thatโ€™s why there are so many of us.โ€
โ€• Jane Goodall

๐Ÿ’™ RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

02.10.2025 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32738    ๐Ÿ” 6896    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 482    ๐Ÿ“Œ 321
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In the US (like in many other democracies) young cohorts vote at a much lower rate than older cohorts. Folks, make your voice heard! Go vote! Source: buff.ly/RHqFwwk

30.09.2025 05:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There have been 6 mass shootings in the USA over the past 24 hours. The casualty count stands at 41.

Hereโ€™s the President of the United States of America.

29.09.2025 00:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9782    ๐Ÿ” 3572    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 485    ๐Ÿ“Œ 179
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Yes sir we're chanting "Release the Earhart Files"

26.09.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4671    ๐Ÿ” 586    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 311    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49
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Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."

24.09.2025 04:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26013    ๐Ÿ” 8050    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 892    ๐Ÿ“Œ 576
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Here are two minutes of lowlights from Trumpโ€™s rambling, hour-long address to the UN General Assembly that Twitter is calling one of the most embarrassing moments in recent US history.

Subscribe to zeteo.com for more.

23.09.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2826    ๐Ÿ” 792    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 350    ๐Ÿ“Œ 261
Photo of a bottle of ACETAMINOPHEN and a well-known photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and text that says: "Acetaminophen is easy to pronounce. The ending is like 'minnow fin' and 'aceta' sounds like 'ah see da', as in 'Ah see da Epstein files still haven't been released.'"

Photo of a bottle of ACETAMINOPHEN and a well-known photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and text that says: "Acetaminophen is easy to pronounce. The ending is like 'minnow fin' and 'aceta' sounds like 'ah see da', as in 'Ah see da Epstein files still haven't been released.'"

24.09.2025 01:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trumpโ€™s inability to pronounce โ€œacetaminophenโ€ raises new questions about Joe Bidenโ€™s mental state.

23.09.2025 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3818    ๐Ÿ” 540    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

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